I'm the only true hater of the witnessess,but out of the 5 kids,I'm the sole beneficiary.I gues the awake didn't have an article on seperating inheritances evenly!
stopthepain
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Inheritance and Ex JW children
by greendawn inwe all know how disfellowshipped or disassociated children get treated by their jw parents, that they are totally shunned.
but what happens when it comes to family inheritance do they get treated fairly or do they get a lesser share or in extreme cases perhaps nothing at all?
and would jw parents that have no children left in the wts choose to give everything to the org?
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Is The Awake Getting Dumber? (7/22/05)
by metatron incould the awake be getting dumber?.
let's look a recent issue ( july 22, '05).
1) the cover reads "natural disasters - are they getting worse?".
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stopthepain
Metatron-----my vote for #1 on JWD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"funny,,,,,,,,yet insightful""
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Life was a game of make pretend!!!
by Tez inwhen did i discover this?
i was brought up by an alcoholic mother and step father, life was miserable, told never to tell what was going on to other family members.
my elder siblings left home as soon as they could to marry.
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stopthepain
TEZ,welcome.I think you made the right choice.Glad to have you.Thanks for the heartfelt post.STP
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New member - quick hello
by melmoth injust registered and thought i'd say hello.
been browsing the board here occasionally for a while, and thought i might want to join in now and then, so here i am.
for me, a lot of this brings up odd memories from long ago - though for many struggling in the jehovah's witless grip currently, it's clearly a lifeline and i wish it had been around when i was 'doing the fade' (as i've seen it referred to, and a great way to put it, btw) nearly 20 years ago.
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stopthepain
welcome melmoth.I enjoyed your 1st post.
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CNN - WT child abuse victim interview video clip
by truth_about_the_truth innot sure if this has been posted here before.. this looks like it's from a couple yrs ago.
i haven't seen this one before today.
connie chung interviews 2 victims.. http://209.200.69.133/watchtower/chung_081402.wmv
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stopthepain
SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A Common Dub Type?: The henpecked ubm who joins because of his nagging wife
by Check_Your_Premises ini have been around enough to recognize certain patterns in dub membership.
for instance there is a very common situation, where a dub gets df, marries a worldy promising never to return, has a kid, gets reinstated, and then we have to console some poor sob who shows up here trying to figure out what the hell just happened to his/her life.
i think i have isolated another common dub type; the weenie husband, whose wife joins, and then he joins too because his wife wears the pants and he does what he is told.
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stopthepain
I feel that you are onto something.It sounds alot like my family situatioon.
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I'm Happy Today
by Why Georgia in.
well today is my wonderful husbands' birthday.. when we were first together he didn't want presents, cake, no celebration at all.. last night he was so excited about his gifts he opened one in the middle of the night.
he wants pizza for his birthday dinner and to go out for ice cream instead of a birthday cake.. i just feel happy that he's come so far and doesn't see birthdays as some evil happening.. wg
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stopthepain
Watch out....................someone might get beheaded.. JK,have fun.
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There were some good things about the organisation...
by Do I Stand Alone? ini have read a number of experiences in this discussion forum and quite frankly, i would have to agree that many, if not all, were pretty terrible experiences if not all together traumatic.
i know that my personal 9-11 tragedy resulted in finding out that the watchtower society was involved with the united nations.
that pretty much said it all as far as my "career" in the organisation was concerned.
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stopthepain
If I did 15 years in a federal prison,could I take some good out of it?Yes,but would I want to go thru that?
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Other Types of Abuse...
by RichieRich inanyone who regularly reads this site is well aware of the sexual abuse scandals amongst jw congregations worldwide.
(for those not familiar, visit www.silentlambs.org).
not to make light of those who were sexually abused, but i think there is an epedimic of other types of abuse in the org.. how many here have been, or know of, someone who was "spanked" regularly and excessively?
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stopthepain
I think everyone knows sexual abuse is horrible.But a truely different type of abuse is mental and emotional.I feel I was a victim of this BIGTIME.This type of abuse is more subtle,espescially to a kid.We all need to break the cycle of abuse,physical or mental.
Did anyone elses parents spank them in rythem.Example--I ---- told ----- you ---- to ----pay ------ attention ----- to -----the speaker!Hitting you with every syllable.My god fearing loving parents did,of course with the praise and encouragement of the elders.Oh the we had as a family.
But ,I could have been born in somalia,so I should hyave just sucked it up.
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A newbie's impression on this board, pros and cons
by smelly onions incons.
i don't know who is scarier, the jw's or some people on this board.
man, r u guys bitter?
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stopthepain
bombs away GBL